Burlap signs! Giveaway!

Monday, July 16, 2012

Welcome to Made it Monday!!!!

I'm super excited about this one . . . I don't know if you've noticed, but I reached 500 followers this weekend! SO blessed by everything this blogging world has taught me! I'm linking up with Tara again this week!

**Make sure to make it to the end!! My 500 follower giveaway is down there!**

Have you seen the burlap signs all over pinterest and etsy?!

I have pinned a bunch of them, here is my inspiration:

{click on the picture to see it on etsy}

So I've worked with burlap before, I know that you can NOT cut it over dark wood floors unless you want to sweep and mop 15 times before all the fibers are gone!

I went to work:

Free-handed an apple (I wanted it to be whimsical, so I didn't worry about symmetry, but if you are persnickety about that sort of thing... cut half out then fold and cut the other half :) Cut 2 sides out- one front and one back.

OH, and when I was making the pencil sign I came upon this awesome little trick online:

Need perfect circles?! I usually just eyeball mine, but this is SO MUCH EASIER! I can't believe I didn't find it until now! Just find a lid and dab it in the paint...then dab it where you want it and fill in the circles! SO easy!

Waaahla!! Perfect little circles!

Then take some hot glue and glue your two pieces together. It doesn't have to be perfect - if they don't quite match up you can go back with scissors after it's glued and trim the edges. **leave a space open about 5 inches or so so that you can stuff it**

Now..another cool part - stuff it with GROCERY BAGS! No need to buy batting!! If you're like me, you've got a whole cabinet full of them!

After you get it full to your desire, hot glue the rest of the edges together and then add ribbon or wire to hang it by! :)

Here are the burlap signs I made complete:

I made the two Mrs. Alderson signs for myself and my sister-in law (teacher, too!) She gets to choose which one she wants :)

The cupcake I plan on hanging up where I display all my birthdays. Isn't is adorable?!?!

NOW, for the good part of this post: MY GIVEAWAY!

I'm going to make a custom burlap sign for 2 different winners!! You get to choose which one you want and I'll customize it with your name, or whatever you want on it!
This giveaway runs from today through next Wednesday, July 25th! Good luck!

I LOVE these! So cute! I would love to make these for my teammates. Where did you get the burlap from? Fabric store? I entered your giveaway too and became a follower. What a fun blog! Cathy :)http://cisforcookiesclasscrafts.blogspot.com

Yahooo!! I can work with burlap!! I have wanted to make one of these FOREVER but I was too scared of the burlap... It is the first thing I plan to make when I get back from vacation!!! They turned out great!

I found out about your awesome custom signs from another blog and I'm so happy I did! These signs are so cute and what a great way to repurpose grocery bags & burlap - ditto on Miss Kindergarten's comment - will try it out myself if I don't win. Thanks for hosting this amazing giveaway!!:)Antonia @ forkin4th

Ok....too funny....as I'm reading along and see all this cuteness I'm thinking I have to comment.....Make me one!!!!!!!! SO CUTE!!! Then I see you're giving 2 away!!! EEEEE!!! Fingers triple crossed!!! How much do I love these!!!!! Thanks for linking up:))))